Reason Rally Approaches!

Sign Up Now for March 24 Post-Reason Rally Dinner Gala!

March 9, 2012

Join the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a sponsor of the historic March 24 Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., and enjoy the exclusive appearance of pioneering atheist progressive and author Barbara Ehrenreich at FFRF’s post-Reason Rally Gala Saturday!

The rally on the National Mall takes place Saturday, March 24 10 AM – 4 PM. Information on speakers, etc., is available at: http://www.reasonrally.org/ FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor will be speaking along with Richard Dawkins and a host of activists.

Conclude the Reason Rally on a high at FFRF’s Post-Reason Rally Dinner Gala Saturday night, March 24 (click here to register), at the Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave NW.

FFRF’s exclusive speaker will be Barbara Ehrenreich, atheist, feminist, former TIME columnist, prolific author and social critic. Dan Barker, FFRF Co-President, will also entertain at the piano. Check-in and a social hour begins at 6 PM with dinner at 7 PM., followed by Ms. Ehrenreich’s acceptance speech as recipient of FFRF’s Emperor Has No Clothes Award. Please sign up now to avoid disappointment. (Seating is still open, registration closes Fri., March 16): http://ffrf.org/outreach/reasonrally/saturday-dinner-registration-reason-rally/

Ehrenreich has been an outspoken atheist since the 1970s. Her nontheism is a family traditon (“the race of ‘none’ marches on"). Her books include Nickeled and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, a celebrated expose. She will be autographing copies of her newest bestseller, Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America (which includes a section on religion).

FFRF will have a sales and book table at the event.

MEET UP WITH FFRF ON THE MALL!

Early-birds wishing to walk over with FFRF staffers can meet up at 9:30 AM in the lobby of the Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 N Capitol St. NW, on Saturday, March 24. Music begins at 10 and the rally opens at 11 a.m. It’s a 2-mile walk. See map of area here.

Look for FFRF staff and volunteers at its 20-foot booth inside the tent by the stage on the National Mall, with other sponsoring groups. Come find us, enjoy interactives, and participate in a raffle to win free money (all pre-In ‘God We Trust,’ with prizes of $100 to $1 bills for lucky winners). FFRF will give away colorful decals, placards and souvenir plastic bags while they last.

Note: National Park Service regulations do not allow the sale of T-shirts, etc., on the Mall. You may order a souvenir Reason Rally t-shirt, hoodie or hat directly from the Reason Rally website (to be sent or to prepay and pick up at the rally).

You may wish to wear one of FFRF’s distinctive T-shirts or sweatshirts identifying yourself as a secular, including “Friendly Neighborhood Atheist,” “Godless,” “Militant Agnostic,” “Freethinker” “Godless Goddess” or “This is What an Atheist Looks Like.” Click here to shop FFRF's online store.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity, is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics), and has been working since 1978 to keep religion and government separate.